Cannes Directors’ Fortnight has announced the selections for its 55th edition, which will take place from 17 to 26 May.
The once-sneaky parallel section of Cannes – launched in 1969 and governed since then by France’s Guild of Directors (Société des Réalisateurs de Films) – will present 20 feature films and 10 shorts this year. Scroll down for the full list.
The group is the first line-up of the new deputy general Julien Rejl, who was announced last July to succeed predecessor Paolo Moretti.
This edition is also the first appearance of the section under the new French name Quinzaine des Cinéostes. The name change from Quinzaine des Réalisateurs was announced in July to make the French-language banner title more gender-specific.
Rejl and his new roster team have assembled an eclectic lineup of confirmed directors, high-profile newcomers and a handful of unknown titles.
French actor and director Cédric Kahn The Goldman case open the selection. The drama revolves around the 1976 trial of Pierre Goldman, a true left-wing revolutionary who was convicted of multiple armed robberies and then mysteriously murdered.
Korean director Hong Sangsoo closes the section with In our time. Little has been revealed about the project, which stars Kim Minhee as a woman in her early 40s who temporarily lives with a friend who raises a cat, and Ki Joobong as a man in his 70s who lives alone. whose cat died of old age.
According to the enigmatic synopsis, both characters receive a visitor, a woman in her 20s for the wife and a man in his 30s for the old man, and eat ramyun noodles with paprika paste as they chat.
Hong has previously screened most of his films in the Cannes Film Festival’s Official Selection and is included in this year’s Berlin Encounters section In water.
Other big hits in the cast include Oscar-winning director Michel Gondry The solution book. The French-language comedy-drama – starring Pierre Niney as a creative block overcome – is the Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind Director’s post in seven years.
Gondry previously starred in Directors’ Fortnight in 2012 The we and the meafter making his debut in Cannes in 2001 in the official selection Human nature.
The selection also includes a trio of films by American indie directors: Sean Price Williamsis the sweet east, Johanna Arnows The feeling that the time to do something has passed and Weston Razolithe mystery of fire.
The Sweet East is the feature debut of director of photography Sean Price Williams, whose extensive work includes director of photography for the Safdie Brothers. good time And Heaven knows what as well as that of Abel Ferrara zeros and ones.
Written by Nick Pinkerton, the road movie is described as a young woman’s prank trip through modern-day America, gaining access to the strange cults and cults that spread across the country.
Brooklyn-based actress and filmmaker Arnow’s The feeling that the time to do something has passed follows the life of a woman as her life evolves into a long-term casual BDSM relationship and low-level corporate job.
Executive produced by Sean Baker, the film was supported during the project phase by Berlinale Script Station, Gotham Week 2021 and When East Meets West. Arnow won the Silver Bear at the Berlinale in 2015 for her short film Bad at dancing.
Mystery of Fire is Los Angeles-based filmmaker Razoli’s feature film debut based on short films anaction and JOlly Boy Friday.
There is a strong Asian presence with films from China, India, Pakistan and Vietnam.
From China, Geng Zihan’s debut film A song sung in blue is a coming-of-age story about a teenager who moves in with her messy father for the summer after her mother goes to Africa for a medical post.
Indian director Kanu Behl, whose 2014 film butterfly (title), who starred in Un Certain Regard, introduces his new film AgraExplore the sexual dynamics in a multi-generational family living together in a cramped house.
Vietnamese director Pham Thien An’s debut film In the yellow cocoon shell follows a carefree man who returns to his mansion and reluctantly searches for his long-lost brother and makes a discovery that challenges his faith.
The selection also includes the horror film in Pakistani Urdu In flamess by Zarrar Kahn, for which XYZ Films manages the North American sales rights.
Set in Karachi, the film follows a mother and daughter as they lead a precarious existence after the death of the family patriarch and fall prey to evil forces.
Other highlights include the new work by French experimental director Bertrand Mandico She is Connaninspired by Robert E. Howard’s character from the 1930s, but played by actresses at different stages in the character’s life.
There will also be a special screening for 1993 by the late Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira Abraham Valleyto celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Directors’ Fortnight show.
The Madame Bovary-inspired drama starred Leonor Silveira as a young woman who was unhappy in her marriage to an elderly doctor and took several lovers with her. This year’s Director’s Fortnight poster honors the work.
As previously announced, the Malian filmmaker Souleymane Cissé will receive the honorary award of the Carrosse d’Or section.
Director’s Fortnight 2023 Feature Selection
Abraham’s Valley (Val Abraão)
Goal. Manoel de Oliveira – SPECIAL SHOW
The Case of Goldman (Le Procès Goldman) OPENING FILM
Goal. Cedric Khan
Agra (India)
Goal. canoe tank
The other Laurentius (Free)
Director Claude Schmitz
In the Yellow Cocoon Shell * (Viet-Sing-Free)
Goal. Thien An Pham
Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry (Switzerland-Geo)Dir. Elena Naviani
elegance * (flame)
Goal. Ilya Povolotsky
She is Conann (Bel-Fr-Lux)
Goal. Bertrand Mandico
creature (Sp)Director. Elena Martin Gimeno
deserts (Mor-Fr-German-Bel)
Goal. Faouzi Bensaidi
In flames * (may fit)
Goal. Zararr Khan
Law (Port-Fr-It)
Goal. Filipa Reis & Joao Miller Guerra
The solution book (Free)
Goal. Michael Gondry
Mama Pierrette
Goal. Raisin Mbakam
Mystery of Fire * (USA)
Goal. Weston Razoli
The feeling that the time to do something has passed * (USA)
Goal. Johanna Arnow
The Sweet East (USA)
Goal. Sean Price Williams
A prince (Free)
Goal. Pierre Creton
A Song Sung Blue* (China)
Goal. Zihan Geng
In our time (S Kor)
Goal. Hong Sangsoo FINAL FLIL
Source: Deadline
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